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Portrait of Akira Kubo

Acting

Akira Kubo

Career

Active from 1953 to 2018, with a break from 1984 to 2017, busiest in 1957 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
16
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Akira Kubo Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.6, average 5.4
  • Romance
    1.9, average 3.8
  • Family Dynamics
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Wit & Wordplay
    2.5, average 3.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Giant Monsters 3
  • Kaiju Film 2
  • Monster Mash 2
  • Action-Packed 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

46
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
The Great Buddha Arrival
The Great Buddha Arrival (2018)

as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

1990s

5 titles · average score 69
Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive
Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive (1999)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Ittetsu Banda

Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe
Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe (1995)
GoodWatch score 73

as Captain of the Kairyumaru

Getting Any?
Getting Any? (1995)
GoodWatch score 59

as Bank Manager

Mysterious Nile Girl Thutmose
Mysterious Nile Girl Thutmose (1991)

TV show · as Takuboku Nile

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)

TV show

1980s

2 titles · average score 74
Rikyu
Rikyu (1989)
GoodWatch score 74

as Geni

Kojika Monogatari
Kojika Monogatari (1983)

TV show · as ウィルソン

1970s

3 titles · average score 62
The Castle of Sand
The Castle of Sand (1974)
GoodWatch score 73

as Patrolman at Setagaya

Space Amoeba
Space Amoeba (1970)
GoodWatch score 51

as Taro Kudo

The Militarists
The Militarists (1970)

as Takami

1960s

17 titles · average score 68
Destroy All Monsters
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
GoodWatch score 73

as Katsuo Yamabe

Kill!
Kill! (1968)
GoodWatch score 72

as Monnosuke Takei

Son of Godzilla
Son of Godzilla (1967)
GoodWatch score 56

as Goro Maki

Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
GoodWatch score 76

as Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division

Invasion of Astro-Monster
Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
GoodWatch score 56

as Tetsuo Torii

Stairs of Evil
Stairs of Evil (1965)

as Kumagai

We Will Remember
We Will Remember (1965)

as Ichiro Nakahira

Trap of Suicide Kilometer
Trap of Suicide Kilometer (1964)

as Sakuma

Matango
Matango (1963)
GoodWatch score 65

as Kenji Murai - Professor

Gorath
Gorath (1962)
GoodWatch score 50

as Tatsuma Kanai

Sanjuro
Sanjuro (1962)
GoodWatch score 87

as Samurai

Chûshingura
Chûshingura (1962)
GoodWatch score 73

as Lord Date

1950s

18 titles · average score 72
3 Dolls in College
3 Dolls in College (1959)

as Akira Ōkubo

The College Ruggers
The College Ruggers (1959)

as Masahiko Ōmori

The Three Treasures
The Three Treasures (1959)
GoodWatch score 59

as Prince Iogi

The College Hero
The College Hero (1958)

as Teppei Taki

Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood (1957)
GoodWatch score 90

as Yoshiteru Miki

Snow Country
Snow Country (1957)
GoodWatch score 67

as Saichiro

Schooldays
Schooldays (1957)

as Ōkubo Akira

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree (1955)

as Ayuta At 18 Years Old

Love Never Fails
Love Never Fails (1955)

as Nobuo

The Surf
The Surf (1954)

as Shinji

Farewell Rabaul
Farewell Rabaul (1954)

as Shimada

Adolescence Part II
Adolescence Part II (1953)

as (uncredited)